LHC Group promotes Bruce Greenstein to chief strategy officer

LAFAYETTE, La. (September 10, 2018) – LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG) announced that Bruce D. Greenstein has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer. With his added role as Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Greenstein will lead the Company’s accelerated value-based contracting, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) management company and alternative payment and delivery model strategies.

Mr. Greenstein joined the Company in June, after serving as Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) where he provided leadership and direction to ensure that HHS effectively used data, technology and innovation to improve the lives of the American people and the performance of the operating divisions across the Department. He brings an extensive healthcare industry background in both government and the private sector, including having served as President-West for Quartet Health, CEO of Blend Health Insights, and as Managing Director of Worldwide Health for Microsoft. Mr. Greenstein was also a cabinet member in Louisiana, serving as Secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Keith G. Myers, LHC Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “With our differentiated strategy, industry leading quality and patient satisfaction scores, and a unique array of service capabilities in the post-acute care setting, we are positioned to take advantage of the growing percentage of Medicare Advantage enrollees and the increasing demands from health systems, taking on risk for a market basket of covered lives. Since joining us this summer, Bruce has already made a difference in helping us accelerate our value-based contracting and ACO strategies.”

As the partner of choice for leading health systems and hospitals, LHC Group is well positioned to help its joint venture partners manage risk and reduce their post-acute costs. With 30 combined ACOs and more than 410,000 attributed lives under its management, the company via Imperium Health is one of the largest ACO management companies in the country.

“As the healthcare delivery system continues to migrate to a value-based system, we are continuing to sculpt a service network to help our existing and future partners and have a direct impact on reducing costs for the Medicare Trust Fund,” said Myers. “We have only just begun to realize the potential of what we have created with our national platform, and with Bruce’s experience and leadership, we look forward to sharing more details on these results in the very near future.”

Mr. Greenstein added, “For a number of years, our industry has focused on a Medicare Advantage strategy that is primarily comprised of obtaining national contracts at the best rates possible. While we already have a number of these contracts, a strategy based on that alone is uni-dimensional and commoditized. We believe the future of the industry will depend upon a national platform for delivery of healthcare in the home. To that end, we are investing time and resources in further developing the people, technology and supply chain that extend us well beyond home health to meet both the complex and light functional needs of patients. This is the direction that the federal government and payors are headed, and it is where our future lies as well.”

About LHC Group, Inc.

LHC Group, Inc. is a national provider of in-home healthcare services and innovations, providing quality, value-based healthcare to patients primarily within the comfort and privacy of their home or place of residence. LHC Group’s services cover a wide range of healthcare needs for patients and families dealing with illness, injury, or chronic conditions. The company’s approximately 30,000 employees deliver home health, hospice, home and community based services, and facility-based care from more than 780 locations in communities in 36 states. Through its healthcare innovations business, LHC Group drives increased utilization of home healthcare and enhances patient and caregiver engagement. LHC Group is the preferred in-home healthcare partner for 76 health systems, consisting of 337 leading hospitals around the country.

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